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Not just health care, but income as well. Now, I live in a third world country, and have had cancer scares and other medical checkups that only cost me a few h
by torgian 6y ago
Not just health care, but income as well.
Now, I live in a third world country, and have had cancer scares and other medical checkups that only cost me a few hundred US dollars vs. the tens of thousands that _would_ have cost me if I had lived in the US.
I'm probably never going back, partially because of this. I make a good living. Better than I would be back in the States.
- DoreenMichele 6y agoIf we had universal health care in the US and a sufficient supply of small, low cost housing in walkable neighborhoods, that would dramatically shrink how much one needs to simply subsist. If it were possible to make life work as a single adult with a part-time job, then people could pursue building their future as they see fit. With healthcare, housing and transportation being the three biggest cost burdens in the US, taming those would go a long way towards letting "the 99 percent" enjoy life again and stop being prisoners of a broken system.